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Casually seated man with tattoos wearing loafers - Men's Traditional Costumes section

We make him look good with the right stockings

The perfect traditional costume, of course, requires the original! LUSANA impresses with its wide selection, high quality, and design!
A wide variety of knitting patterns, colors, and appliqués - there's guaranteed to be something for every traditional costume lover!

The different types of stockings/socks:

Shopper sock

The Schopper sock (and any other sock) can be pushed down the leg - scooped - to create thicker folds above the ankle.

Knee socks

Generally, knee socks are the same length as traditional knee socks—typically with a 5-6cm elastic waistband. The only difference between knee socks and traditional knee socks is that at Strumpf Dirks, we knit the calves approximately 3m longer on our traditional knee socks and traditional knee socks with a waistband. This allows for more stretch in the calf area to comfortably accommodate even tighter calves.
It is worn: They are worn with short leather trousers, and among younger women, they are also popular as shopping socks. Many women also like to wear them in their boots in winter, folding the elastic waistband outwards over the boots.

Knee-high stockings

Knee high socks differ from knee-highs only in that the elastic waistband is about 12 cm long.
It is worn: With 3/4-length leather trousers and knickerbockers. They are pulled over the knees, folded over once, and then the trousers are pulled over them and laced below the knee. These stockings are also popular with band members, long and above the knee, so that the knees are not visible when sitting. For this purpose, there are also longer versions of knee-high stockings. Many women also like to wear these stockings in their boots in winter, folding the elastic waistband outwards over the boots.

Short socks

The term "short stockings" originated from the boom in short leather trousers. Short stockings are the same size as knee-highs or knee-highs up to the elastic. However, with short stockings, a thicker elastic band is laboriously added by hand at the top, and the waistband is sewn over to approximately 2 cm.
It is worn: With short leather trousers. Short leather trousers are not scooped. This type of stocking is only a variant and is only common in certain areas. Knee highs are also essentially short leather trousers.